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Indian as in from India? Well, I am not Indian, but in this moment I am writing you from India! Be strong, I have run all around the world trying to avoid myself... but you know... where ever I go.. there I am.

Budda says: (not exactly but.... ) each of us are allready dead, so each day is a like a bonus!

This I like, it is sad that I had to learn that I was going to die in order to learn that I can live.... this I say!

Thanks for making me a part of your community. I was negative 6 months back but has come up positive recently. We had udnegone a ivf through a doners egg. It seems the egg has played the spoil. In any case we have very less information of hiv in india. My cd4 are 501. My wife is 500. We have been told to reheck our cd4 every 6 months. My only question to this forum is that can I work, play, earn normally as i do today through out my life span.

For the members I have a nice piece of information. We have a Divya Trust run by Baba Ramdev. Who gives infromation how to increse cd4 count by way of pranayam , neem and tulsi. If soneone is interest we can cite the seb add. on this forum.

Here is a list of some HIV patient groups in India, if you contact them you might be able to find people closer to you, or they might know other organizations in your area if none on the list are close enough.

From what I know, India like Thailand makes its own cheap HIV medication. It's only medications that will allow you to "work, earn and play" (and live!). Other "treatments" might actually damage how the medicines work in your body. A lot of HIV+ people are very desperate and there will always be others who want to make money or gain fame from this deseration. Please be careful, because besides from the official HIV medicine, there is nothing that will stop the virus. Some herbs might raise CD4s for a while but it is imporant not to rely or them as a cure, and be careful what you take cos it might do more harm than good.

Good luck,

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INP+ is a non-profitable community based organization of people living with HIV. Formed in February 1997 by twelve people living with HIV, INP+ is a national network of, for and by people living with HIV/AIDS in India. The organization aims to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV in India. INP+ exists to provide a sense of belonging and togetherness to people living with HIV.

Today it has state level branches of its network in Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala and Manipur, which subscribe to its ideology.